Couch Wolves Podcast

On today’s podcast we discuss the immensely important topic of veterinary behavior and we leave nothing out! Dr. Lindsay Gallagher was kind enough to spend the hour with us chatting about all the important topics including:

Behavioral Medication

Working with a Veterinary Behaviorist

Cooperative Care

and more!

Spirituality with our dogs is a challenging topic to discuss. There is a lot that is still unknown. Today we invited dog trainer Chrissy Messick CPDT-KA joins us to talk about how we can connect to our dogs on a spiritual level. We also geek out a little bit about the growing overlap between the spirit and hard science.

One of the most terrifying fears of dog ownership is the possibility of your dog getting lost. Today I interview Susan Piche of Granite State Dog Recovery about what to do if your dog gets lost, what the experience is like to try and recover a lost dog, and why primitive dogs are so hard to recover.

I’d like to personally thank Susan Piche and Granite State Dog Recovery for recovering my (former) foster dog Fancy <3

For more information on dog recovery and to contact Granite State Dog Recovery at the links below:

Granite State Dog Recovery Website

Granite State Dog Recovery Facebook

In today's podcast, find out why agility is so important and meaningful to competitors.

Primitive Livestock Guarding Dogs are a category all to themselves. Today dog (and cat!) trainer Tori Peterson joins us to talk about her life with a Central Asian Shepherd.

Today's podcast we are talking about Primitive dogs as Service Dogs!

Guests:

Regina Lizik (scarletandbuttons on Instagram)

and

Courtney Hume (chiyoatyourservice on Instagram)

We covered 5 powerful questions and their answers a fabulous!

Can a Primitive dog be a working dog?

What challenges does a Primitive dog bring to the working role?

Is it hard to advocate for a Primitive service dog?

What are your thoughts on fake service dogs?

What do you wish the public knew about Primitive service dogs?

Forgive the static and recording quality in a few spots... we're still learning! <3

Today's podcast is about the terrible dog training and behavior advice that we hear on a regular basis. We each brought up a few examples of advice that have been driving us crazy and explain the rational and a more grounded interpretation. We go off on some competition rants but that is to be expected from 3 dog sports competitors...

Guests: Katie Brennan and Caitlin Puskas